Package fastener



Dec. 28, 1943.

PACKAGE FASTENER Filed June 19, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v w Inventor 4' BY WWW H. SELKOWITZ 2,337,778

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' PACKAGE FASTENER I Filed June l9, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ira/enter f/a/ry Sal/$010223 v @Mm Patented Dec. 28, 1943 UNITED STTES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGE FASTENER Harry Selkowitz, Brockton, Mass. Application June 19, 1943, Serial No. 491,551

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in mechanical package fasteners and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, novel means for firmly securing a package or bundle without the necessity of using cord.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a package fastener of the aforementioned character which is adapted to be expeditiously applied to a package or bundle and removed therefrom.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a package fastener of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein- Figure 1 is a top plan view, showing a package fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention in use.

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of the device, showing said device applied to a package.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the device.

Figure 4 is a view in vertical section through a portion of the device,

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a substantially U-shaped bar l of suitable resilient metal for the reception of the package or bundle to be secured as at 2. The upstanding legs 3 of the bar I, which receive the package 2 therebetween, are oppositely twisted. Extending downwardly into the legs 3 from the upper ends thereof are slots 4 providing bifurcations 5.

Arms 6 in the form of metallic bars are mounted for swinging movement on the legs 3 and engageable on top of the package 2. Toward this end the arms t comprise, in their hinged end portions, longitudinal slots 1 providing bifurcations 8. The bifurcations 8 are hingedly connected to the leg bifurcations at 9. Upturned loops or eyes H) are provided on the free ends of the arms 6.

The slots 7 and i accommodate coil springs H which yieldingly pull the arms 6 downwardly on the package 2. The coil springs I l are connected to the legs 3 adjacent the lower ends of the slots 4. The other ends of said coil springs H are connected to the arms 6 adjacent the closed ends of the slots 1.

It is thought that the manner of using the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the arms 6 are raised to facilitate the mounting of the package 2 in the substantially U-shaped bar I. The arms 6 are then swung downwardly and said arms are yieldingly pressed against the top of the package through the medium of the coil springs H. The construction and arrangement is such that the arms 6 extend diagonally across the package in parallelism with each other. As illustrated to advantage in Figure 4 of the drawings, the coil springs ii engage the upper corner portions of the package under tension through the slots 4 and 7 for assisting in retaining the device against longitudinal slipping on said package.

It is believed that the many advantages of a package fastener constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes of the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which vsdll fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A package fastener comprising a substantially U-shaped bar for the reception of a package, arms hingedly mounted on the bar, and coil springs connected to the bar and to the arms for yieldingly pressing said bars downwardly on top of the package.

2. A package fastener comprising a bar including upstanding legs on its ends, said legs for the reception of a package therebetween, arms hingedly mounted on the upper ends of the legs, said legs and said arms having longitudinal slots in their adjacent end portions, and coil springs connected to the legs and to the arms and operable in the slots for yieldingly swinging said arms downwardly on top of the package.

3. A package fastener comprising a bar, oppositely twisted upstanding legs on the ends of said bar for the reception of a package therebetween, arms hingedly mounted on the upper ends of the legs and engageable diagonally on top of the package, said arms paralleling each other when engaged with the package, the adjacent end portions of the legs and arms having communicating slots therein, and coil springs connected to the legs and to the arms for yieldingly engaging the latter with the package, said coil springs being oper-able in the communicating slots and engageable with the package.

" HARRY SELKOWITZ' 

